School of Dentistry Open Rank Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Job Description
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry is accepting applications for full-time faculty positions in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Academic rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and approved through the standard processes of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the School of Dentistry. Positions will be tenure or non-tenure earning. Primary responsibilities include patient care resident teaching and research. Positions are mainly clinical and the candidates should be interested in major Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large Level 1 trauma and teaching hospital with 8 full-time surgeons and 3 full-time research faculty. The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry has a high patient volume with many dental specialties and research opportunities. The UAB Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a clinical department within the University of Alabama Hospital and School of Dentistry. Candidates must be eligible to acquire a license to practice dentistry and medicine in Alabama. Fellowship training is encouraged with a strong interest in Orthognathic Trauma Obstructive Sleep Apnea TMJ reconstruction and complex dental implants. The anticipated start date of this position is July 1 2024. The University of Alabama at Birmingham ( UAB ) is a research university and academic health center that discovers teaches and applies knowledge for the intellectual cultural social and economic benefit of Birmingham the state and beyond. UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely collaborative culture that has for more than five decades produced breakthroughs in education health care research and service. UAB was ranked #1 in the United States and in the top 10 worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 Young University Rankings. UAB Medicine is the third-largest public academic medical center in the country with more than 1900 beds and almost 18000 employees. We are the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the state of Alabama. UAB Hospital is the centerpiece of the UAB Health System and is the teaching hospital for the UAB School of Medicine. Situated among major research centers and clinics UAB Hospital provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services as well as the most up-to-date treatments and innovations in health addition to UAB Hospital UAB Medicine includes The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital UAB Callahan Eye Hospital as well as several primary and specialty care clinics a dozen member and affiliate hospitals within Alabama more than ten cancer associates in the Southeast and the Viva Health HMO . Located in the heart of the Southeast Birmingham is a short drive from Atlanta Nashville Chattanooga New Orleans Memphis and Gulf Coast beaches. Some of the most beautiful suburbs in the United States surround the city. With its picturesque surroundings Birmingham has been recognized as an All American City one of the top ten American cities to live and work and one of the top ten entrepreneurial and job growth hot spots in America. The combination of pleasant weather geography diverse culture activities and lifestyle make this city a wonderful place to live raise a family and practice medicine. For additional information about our department please visit our website at .

Required Qualifications
Qualified candidates should have a D.M.D./D.D.S degree with MD preferred. Candidates must be eligible to acquire a license to practice dentistry and medicine in the State of Alabama.